Italy's Berlusconi says open to reinforcing centre-right to try to form govt

Reuters Staff

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ROME, March 5 (Reuters) - Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi aims to strengthen a centre-right coalition which won the most seats at a national election in Sunday in order to form a government, his party said in a statement on Monday.

Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (Go Italy!) party was unexpectedly surpassed by the far-right League in the alliance, which together won about 37 percent of the vote, shy of a parliamentary majority.

Forza Italia said Berlusconi had met League leader Matteo Salvini on Monday and congratulated him.